Lens system and camera system including the lens system

ABSTRACT

A lens system which includes a lens group including at least one lens element and forms an image on an image sensor which is rectangular with a first side and a second side greater than or equal to the first side in length, the lens system including: in order from an object side to an image surface side, a front lens group; a diaphragm; and a rear lens group, wherein at least one of the front lens group and the rear lens group includes a freeform surface lens asymmetric about an optical axis, and the lens system satisfies 1&lt;A/(B−C)&lt;10000 and 1&lt;A/(D−E)&lt;10000.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a lens system and a camera systemincluding the lens system.

2. Description of the Related Art

Since an image formed by a fisheye lens has a circular shape, use of arectangular image sensor means that the region of the image sensor thatoverlaps with the image is small, resulting in large regions of theimage sensor being unused.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-536351(PTL 1) discloses a method of capturing a panoramic image using arectangular image sensor. PTL 1 also discloses use of a toric lens as afisheye objective lens so that rather than a circular image, anelliptical image is formed on the rectangular image sensor.

SUMMARY

Provided is a lens system which forms a substantially rectangular imageand a camera system including the lens system.

The lens system according to the present disclosure is a lens systemwhich includes a lens group including at least one lens element andforms an image on an image sensor which is rectangular with a first sideand a second side greater than or equal to the first side in length, thelens system including: in order from an object side to an image surfaceside, a front lens group; a diaphragm; and a rear lens group, wherein atleast one of the front lens group and the rear lens group includes afreeform surface lens asymmetric about an optical axis, and the lenssystem satisfies Condition (1) and Condition (2) below when an axispassing through the optical axis and parallel to the first side is avertical axis, an axis passing through the optical axis and parallel tothe second side is a horizontal axis, and an axis passing through theoptical axis and parallel to a line diagonally joining opposite cornersof the image sensor is a diagonal axis,1<A/(B−C)<10000   (1)1<A/(D−E)<10000   (2)where:

A is a value represented by [Math. 1];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n}( {{ndi} \cdot {Lcci}} )} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 1} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

B is a value represented by [Math. 2];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhvi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lvvi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 2} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

C is a value represented by [Math. 3];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhvi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lvvi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 3} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

D is a value represented by [Math. 4];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhei}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 4} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

E: a value represented by [Math. 5];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhei}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 5} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

i is a number, indicating a position, of a freeform surface lens whenfreeform surface lenses are counted in order from the object side to theimage surface side;

m is a number of freeform surface lenses located between an object andthe diaphragm;

n is a total number of freeform surface lenses;

Lcci is a distance in an i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a center of the image sensor;

Lhvi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a position away from the optical axisby Yv along the horizontal axis of the image sensor;

Lvvi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a position away from the optical axisby Yv along the vertical axis of the image sensor;

Ldhi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a position away from the optical axisby Yh along the diagonal axis of the image sensor;

Lhei is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a position away from the optical axisby Ye along the horizontal axis of the image sensor;

ndi is a refractive index of the i-th freeform surface lens with respectto d line;

Yv is a distance from the optical axis to the second side of the imagesensor;

Yh is a distance from the optical axis to the first side of the imagesensor; andYe=√((Yv ² +Yh ²)/2).

The camera system according to the present disclosure is a camera systemincluding: a lens system which includes a lens group including at leastone lens element; and an image sensor which is rectangular with a firstside and a second side greater than or equal to the first side inlength, wherein the lens system includes: in order from an object sideto an image surface side, a front lens group; a diaphragm; and a rearlens group, at least one of the front lens group and the rear lens groupincludes a freeform surface lens asymmetric about an optical axis, andthe lens system satisfies Condition (1) and Condition (2) below when anaxis passing through the optical axis and parallel to the first side isa vertical axis, an axis passing through the optical axis and parallelto the second side is a horizontal axis, and an axis passing through theoptical axis and parallel to a line diagonally joining opposite cornersof the image sensor is a diagonal axis.1<A/(B−C)<10000   (1)1<A/(D−E)<10000   (2)

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to implement a lenssystem which forms a substantially rectangular image and a camera systemincluding the lens system.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is a layout of lens elements in a YZ cross section, illustratingan infinite focus state of a lens system according to Embodiment 1(Numerical Example 1);

FIG. 1B is a layout of lens elements in an XZ cross section,illustrating an infinite focus state of a lens system according toEmbodiment 1 (Numerical Example 1);

FIG. 2A is an aberration diagram illustrating spherical aberration in aninfinite focus state of a lens system according to Numerical Example 1;

FIG. 2B is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thevertical direction in an infinite focus state of a lens system accordingto Numerical Example 1;

FIG. 2C is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thehorizontal direction in an infinite focus state of a lens systemaccording to Numerical Example 1;

FIG. 2D is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in a diagonaldirection in an infinite focus state of a lens system according toNumerical Example 1;

FIG. 3A is a layout of lens elements in a YZ cross section, illustratingan infinite focus state of a lens system according to Embodiment 2(Numerical Example 2);

FIG. 3B is a layout of lens elements in an XZ cross section,illustrating an infinite focus state of a lens system according toEmbodiment 2 (Numerical Example 2);

FIG. 4A is an aberration diagram illustrating spherical aberration in aninfinite focus state of a lens system according to Numerical Example 2;

FIG. 4B is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thevertical direction in an infinite focus state of a lens system accordingto Numerical Example 2;

FIG. 4C is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thehorizontal direction in an infinite focus state of a lens systemaccording to Numerical Example 2;

FIG. 4D is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in a diagonaldirection in an infinite focus state of a lens system according toNumerical Example 2;

FIG. 5A is a layout of lens elements in a YZ cross section, illustratingan infinite focus state of a lens system according to Embodiment 3(Numerical Example 3);

FIG. 5B is a layout of lens elements in an XZ cross section,illustrating an infinite focus state of a lens system according toEmbodiment 3 (Numerical Example 3);

FIG. 6A is an aberration diagram illustrating spherical aberration in aninfinite focus state of a lens system according to Numerical Example 3;

FIG. 6B is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thevertical direction in an infinite focus state of a lens system accordingto Numerical Example 3;

FIG. 6C is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thehorizontal direction in an infinite focus state of a lens systemaccording to Numerical Example 3;

FIG. 6D is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in a diagonaldirection in an infinite focus state of a lens system according toNumerical Example 3;

FIG. 7A is a layout of lens elements in a YZ cross section, illustratingan infinite focus state of a lens system according to Embodiment 4(Numerical Example 4);

FIG. 7B is a layout of lens elements in an XZ cross section,illustrating an infinite focus state of a lens system according toEmbodiment 4 (Numerical Example 4);

FIG. 8A is an aberration diagram illustrating spherical aberration in aninfinite focus state of a lens system according to Numerical Example 4;

FIG. 8B is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thevertical direction in an infinite focus state of a lens system accordingto Numerical Example 4;

FIG. 8C is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thehorizontal direction in an infinite focus state of a lens systemaccording to Numerical Example 4;

FIG. 8D is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in a diagonaldirection in an infinite focus state of a lens system according toNumerical Example 4;

FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram for describing light passingthrough a freeform surface lens of a lens system according to thepresent disclosure; and

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a camera systemaccording to Embodiment 5.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, non-limiting embodiments will be described in detail withreference to the drawings as necessary. However, unnecessarily detaileddescription may be omitted. For example, detailed descriptions ofwell-known aspects or repetitive descriptions of essentially the sameconfigurations may be omitted. This is to avoid unnecessary redundancyand make the following description easier for a person skilled in theart to understand.

It should be noted that the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription are provided, not to limit the subject matter recited in theclaims, but to aid a person skilled in the art to adequately understandthe present disclosure.

Embodiments 1 through 4

[1. Configurations]

FIG. 1A is a layout of lens elements in a YZ cross section, illustratingan infinite focus state of a lens system according to non-limitingEmbodiment 1 (Numerical Example 1). FIG. 1B is a layout of the lenselements in an XZ cross section, illustrating an infinite focus state ofthe lens system according to Embodiment 1 (Numerical Example 1).

FIG. 3A is a layout of lens elements in a YZ cross section, illustratingan infinite focus state of a lens system according to non-limitingEmbodiment 2 (Numerical Example 2). FIG. 3B is a layout of the lenselements in an XZ cross section, illustrating an infinite focus state ofthe lens system according to Embodiment 2 (Numerical Example 2).

FIG. 5A is a layout of lens elements in a YZ cross section, illustratingan infinite focus state of a lens system according to non-limitingEmbodiment 3 (Numerical Example 3). FIG. 5B is a layout of the lenselements in an XZ cross section, illustrating an infinite focus state ofthe lens system according to Embodiment 3 (Numerical Example 3).

FIG. 7A is a layout of lens elements in a YZ cross section, illustratingan infinite focus state of a lens system according to non-limitingEmbodiment 4 (Numerical Example 4). FIG. 7B is a layout of the lenselements in an XZ cross section, illustrating an infinite focus state ofthe lens system according to Embodiment 4 (Numerical Example 4).

Here, the X direction is a direction parallel to the long side of theimage sensor, the Y direction is a direction parallel to the short sideof the image sensor, and the Z direction is a direction parallel to theoptical axis. The YZ cross section is a plane including the optical axisand parallel to the Y direction and the Z direction. The XZ crosssection is a plane including the optical axis and parallel to the Xdirection and the Z direction.

Each of the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4 is a lenssystem which forms an image on an image sensor which is rectangular witha short side (first side) and a long side (second side), and includes atleast one freeform surface lens asymmetric about the optical axis.

Each of the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4 includesaperture stop A, front lens group FG of lenses having negative power andlocated between an object and aperture stop A, and rear lens group RG oflenses having positive power and located between aperture stop A and animage surface. That is to say, the lens system according to eachembodiment includes front lens group FG, aperture stop A, and rear lensgroup RG in order from the object side to the image surface side. Withthe lens system according to each embodiment, the power of the lensgroup closer to the object is set to negative and the power of the lensgroup farther away from the object is set to positive, so as to increasethe angle of view. It should be noted that aperture stop A correspondsto a diaphragm according to the present disclosure. Furthermore, each offront lens group FG and rear lens group RG is a lens group including atleast one lens element.

In each figure, the sign (+) or (−) given to each group corresponds tothe sign of the power of that group. Cover glass CG is disposed betweenrear lens group RG and the image surface. Wavelength characteristics canbe imparted to cover glass CG by sealing the image sensor with atransparent member or depositing a transparent film by vapor deposition.The image forming position is represented by image surface S.

Embodiment 1

As illustrated in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, front lens group FG of the lenssystem according to Embodiment 1 includes, in order from the object sideto the image surface side, meniscus-shaped first lens element L1 havingnegative power and a convex surface facing the object, meniscus-shapedsecond lens element L2 having negative power and a convex surface facingthe object, and meniscus-shaped third lens element L3 having positivepower and a convex surface facing the image surface. The surface ofthird lens element L3 facing the object is a freeform surface defined byan XY polynomial.

Here, third lens element L3 is a freeform surface lens having a shapesymmetric about the horizontal axis (i.e., an axis passing through theoptical axis and parallel to the long side of the image sensor. The sameapplies hereinafter.) and the vertical axis (i.e., an axis passingthrough the optical axis and parallel to the short side of the imagesensor. The same applies hereinafter.), and first lens element L1 andsecond lens element L2 are lens elements which are axially symmetricabout the optical axis.

Rear lens group RG of the lens system according to Embodiment 1includes, in order from the object side to the image surface side,biconvex fourth lens element L4, biconcave fifth lens element L5,biconvex sixth lens element L6, meniscus-shaped seventh lens element L7having positive power and a convex surface facing the image surface,meniscus-shaped eighth lens element L8 having negative power and aconvex surface facing the object, biconvex ninth lens element L9, andmeniscus-shaped tenth lens element L10 having positive power and aconvex surface facing the image surface. The surface of ninth lenselement L9 facing the object, the surface of ninth lens element L9facing the image surface, and the surface of tenth lens element L10facing the image surface are freeform surfaces each defined by an XYpolynomial. Among these lens elements, fifth lens element L5 and sixthlens element L6 are joined. It should be noted that the shape of eachsurface is a shape in the vicinity of the optical axis in the Ydirection (i.e., the shape at the apex).

Here, ninth lens element L9 and tenth lens element L10 are freeformsurface lenses each having a shape symmetric about the horizontal axisand the vertical axis, and fourth lens element L4, fifth lens elementL5, sixth lens element L6, seventh lens element L7, and eighth lenselement L8 are lens elements which are axially symmetric about theoptical axis. The principal curvatures of ninth lens element L9 andtenth lens element L10 have positive power.

The lens system according to Embodiment 1 includes aperture stop Abetween front lens group FG and rear lens group RG.

Embodiment 2

As illustrated in FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, front lens group FG of the lenssystem according to Embodiment 2 includes, in order from the object sideto the image surface side, meniscus-shaped first lens element L1 havingnegative power and a convex surface facing the object, meniscus-shapedsecond lens element L2 having negative power and a convex surface facingthe object, and meniscus-shaped third lens element L3 having positivepower and a convex surface facing the image surface. The surface ofthird lens element L3 facing the object is a freeform surface defined byan XY polynomial.

Here, third lens element L3 is a freeform surface lens having a shapesymmetric about the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, and firstlens element L1 and second lens element L2 are lens elements which areaxially symmetric about the optical axis.

Rear lens group RG of the lens system according to Embodiment 2includes, in order from the object side to the image surface side,biconvex fourth lens element L4, biconcave fifth lens element L5,biconvex sixth lens element L6, biconvex seventh lens element L7,biconcave eighth lens element L8, biconvex ninth lens element L9, andmeniscus-shaped tenth lens element L10 having positive power and aconvex surface facing the object. The surface of fourth lens element L4facing the object, the surface of tenth lens element L10 facing theobject, and the surface of tenth lens element L10 facing the imagesurface are freeform surfaces each defined by an XY polynomial. Amongthese lens elements, fifth lens element L5 and sixth lens element L6 arejoined. It should be noted that the shape of each surface is a shape inthe vicinity of the optical axis in the Y direction (i.e., the shape atthe apex).

Here, fourth lens element L4 and tenth lens element L10 are freeformsurface lenses each having a shape symmetric about the horizontal axisand the vertical axis, and fifth lens element L5, sixth lens element L6,seventh lens element L7, eighth lens element L8, and ninth lens elementL9 are lens elements which are axially symmetric about the optical axis.The principal curvatures of fourth lens element L4 and tenth lenselement L10 have positive power. Both surfaces of tenth lens elementL10, which is a freeform surface lens located closest to the imagesurface and having a principal curvature with positive power, arefreeform surfaces.

The lens system according to Embodiment 2 includes aperture stop Abetween front lens group FG and rear lens group RG.

Embodiment 3

As illustrated in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, front lens group FG of the lenssystem according to Embodiment 3 includes, in order from the object sideto the image surface side, meniscus-shaped first lens element L1 havingnegative power and a convex surface facing the object, meniscus-shapedsecond lens element L2 having negative power and a convex surface facingthe object, and meniscus-shaped third lens element L3 having negativepower and a convex surface facing the image surface. The surface ofthird lens element L3 facing the object is a freeform surface defined byan XY polynomial.

Here, third lens element L3 is a freeform surface lens having a shapesymmetric about the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, and firstlens element L1 and second lens element L2 are lens elements which areaxially symmetric about the optical axis. The principal curvature ofthird lens element L3 has positive power.

Rear lens group RG of the lens system according to Embodiment 3includes, in order from the object side to the image surface side,biconvex fourth lens element L4, biconcave fifth lens element L5,biconvex sixth lens element L6, biconvex seventh lens element L7,biconcave eighth lens element L8, meniscus-shaped ninth lens element L9having positive power and a convex surface facing the object, andbiconvex tenth lens element L10. The surface of tenth lens element L10facing the object and the surface of tenth lens element L10 facing theimage surface are freeform surfaces each defined by an XY polynomial.Among these lens elements, fifth lens element L5 and sixth lens elementL6 are joined. It should be noted that the shape of each surface is ashape in the vicinity of the optical axis in the Y direction (i.e., theshape at the apex).

Here, tenth lens element L10 is a freeform surface lens having a shapesymmetric about the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, and fourthlens element L4, fifth lens element L5, sixth lens element L6, seventhlens element L7, eighth lens element L8, and ninth lens element L9 arelens elements which are axially symmetric about the optical axis. Theprincipal curvature of tenth lens element L10 has positive power. Bothsurfaces of tenth lens element L10, which is a freeform surface lenslocated closest to the image surface and having a principal curvaturewith positive power, are freeform surfaces.

The lens system according to Embodiment 3 includes aperture stop Abetween front lens group FG and rear lens group RG.

Embodiment 4

As illustrated in FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B, front lens group FG of the lenssystem according to Embodiment 4 includes, in order from the object sideto the image surface side, meniscus-shaped first lens element L1 havingnegative power and a convex surface facing the object, meniscus-shapedsecond lens element L2 having negative power and a convex surface facingthe object, and biconcave third lens element L3.

Here, first lens element L1, second lens element L2, and third lenselement L3 are lens elements which are axially symmetric about theoptical axis.

Rear lens group RG of the lens system according to Embodiment 4includes, in order from the object side to the image surface side,biconvex fourth lens element L4, meniscus-shaped fifth lens element L5having negative power and a convex surface facing the object, biconvexsixth lens element L6, biconcave seventh lens element L7, biconvexeighth lens element L8, biconvex ninth lens element L9, andmeniscus-shaped tenth lens element L10 having positive power and aconvex surface facing the object. The surface of fourth lens element L4facing the object, the surface of fourth lens element L4 facing theimage surface, the surface of tenth lens element L10 facing the object,and the surface of tenth lens element L10 facing the image surface arefreeform surfaces each defined by an XY polynomial, and the surface ofninth lens element L9 facing the object and the surface of ninth lenselement L9 facing the image surface are freeform surfaces each having ananamorphic shape. Among these lens elements, fifth lens element L5 andsixth lens element L6 are joined. It should be noted that the shape ofeach surface is a shape in the vicinity of the optical axis in the Ydirection (i.e., the shape at the apex).

Here, fourth lens element L4, ninth lens element L9, and tenth lenselement L10 are freeform surface lenses each having a shape symmetricabout the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, and fifth lens elementL5, sixth lens element L6, seventh lens element L7, and eighth lenselement L8 are lens elements which are axially symmetric about theoptical axis. The principal curvatures of ninth lens element L9 andtenth lens element L10 have positive power. Both surfaces of tenth lenselement L10, which is a freeform surface lens located closest to theimage surface and having a principal curvature with positive power, arefreeform surfaces.

The lens system according to Embodiment 4 includes aperture stop Abetween front lens group FG and rear lens group RG.

The lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4 is a lens systemwhich includes a lens group including at least one lens element andforms an image on an image sensor which is rectangular with a first sideand a second side greater than or equal to the first side in length, andis a lens system including: in order from an object side to an imagesurface side, a front lens group; a diaphragm; and a rear lens group,and at least one of the front lens group and the rear lens groupincludes a freeform surface lens asymmetric about an optical axis. Thisconfiguration makes it possible to form a substantially rectangularimage.

Each of the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4 includesat least two lens elements which are axially symmetric about the opticalaxis. This configuration yields advantages of reducing the number offreeform surface lenses, reducing unevenness in performance depending onthe direction, and reducing the computation time in designing.

With the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4, the freeformsurfaces of the freeform surface lenses each have a shape symmetricabout the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, and thus the center ofthe freeform surface can be identified. As such, there is an advantagethat the shapes can be easily controlled at the time of manufacturing.

With the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4, theprincipal curvature of at least one freeform surface lens included inthe rear lens group has positive power. This yields an advantage thatthere is no need to increase the positive power of other lens elementsincluded in the rear lens group, making it possible to reduce aberrationwhich occurs when a lens element in the rear lens group is decentered.

With the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4, the frontlens group includes, in order from the object, a meniscus-shaped firstlens element having negative power and having a convex shape on theobject side and a meniscus-shaped second lens element having negativepower and having a convex shape on the object side. This configurationenables collection of light incident at wide angles, thereby making iteasier for the lens system to be a wide-angle lens system. Furthermore,there is an advantage that by providing two lens elements with negativepower in a row, the negative power of each lens element can be reduced,and thus each lens element can have a shape that allows easilymanufacturing.

With the lens systems according to Embodiments 2 through 4, bothsurfaces of the freeform surface lens located closest to the imagesurface and having a principal curvature with positive power arefreeform surfaces. Thus, the rays in the respective directions are eachcontrolled at the surface of the lens element to travel in an arbitrarydirection. This yields an advantage of facilitating image heightposition control and aberration reduction.

With the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 3, the frontlens group and the rear lens group each include at least one freeformsurface lens. This therefore yields an advantage of reducing fieldcurvature in each direction.

With the lens system according to Embodiment 3, the principal curvatureof at least one freeform surface lens included in the front lens grouphas negative power. Thus, there is no need to increase the negativepower of other lens elements included in the front lens group and havingnegative power, which makes it possible to reduce aberration that occurswhen a lens element in the front lens group is decentered. This, as aresult, yields an advantage of easy manufacturing.

Each of the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4 is afisheye lens system having a half angle of view greater than or equal to80 degrees, and thus a wide angle of view can be covered. In the case ofa fisheye lens, image forming is generally difficult in the vicinity ofthe four corners of the image sensor. However, use of a freeform surfacelens according to the present disclosure makes image forming possibleeven in the vicinity of the four corners of the image sensor.

For example, like the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4,a lens system including a front lens group, a diaphragm, and a rear lensgroup in order from the object, and at least one of the front lens groupand the rear lens group includes at least one freeform surface lensasymmetric about the optical axis (hereinafter this lens systemconfiguration is referred to as the basic configuration according to theembodiments) preferably satisfies Condition (1) and Condition (2) below.

FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram for describing light passingthrough a freeform surface lens of the lens system according to thepresent disclosure.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the axis passing through the optical axis andparallel to the short side of image sensor 102 is the vertical axis, theaxis passing through the optical axis and parallel to the long side ofimage sensor 102 is the horizontal axis, and the axis passing throughthe optical axis and parallel to a line diagonally joining oppositecorners of image sensor 102 is the diagonal axis.1<A/(B−C)<10000   (1)1<A/(D−E)<10000   (2)where:

A is a value represented by [Math. 1];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n}( {{ndi} \cdot {Lcci}} )} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 1} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

B is a value represented by [Math. 2];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhvi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lvvi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 2} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

C is a value represented by [Math. 3];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhvi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lvvi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 3} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

D is a value represented by [Math. 4];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhei}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 4} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

E is a value represented by [Math. 5];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhei}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 5} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

i is a number, indicating a position, of a freeform surface lens whenfreeform surface lenses are counted in order from the object side to theimage surface side;

m is the number of freeform surface lenses included in the front lensgroup (located between the object and the diaphragm);

n is the number of freeform surface lenses included in the front lensgroup and the rear lens group (a total number of freeform surfacelenses);

Lcci is a distance in an i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at the center of the image sensor;

Lhvi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a position away from the optical axisof the image sensor by Yv on a plane including the horizontal axis andperpendicular to the image sensor (a distance in the i-th freeformsurface lens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at a positionaway from the optical axis by Yv along the horizontal axis of the imagesensor);

Lvvi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a position away from the optical axisof the image sensor by Yv on a plane including the vertical axis andperpendicular to the image sensor (a distance in the i-th freeformsurface lens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at a positionaway from the optical axis by Yv along the vertical axis of the imagesensor);

Ldhi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a position away from the optical axisof the image sensor by Yh on a plane including the diagonal axis andperpendicular to the image sensor (a distance in the i-th freeformsurface lens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at a positionaway from the optical axis by Yh along the diagonal axis of the imagesensor);

Lhei is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a position away from the optical axisof the image sensor by Ye on a plane including the horizontal axis andperpendicular to the image sensor (a distance in the i-th freeformsurface lens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at a positionaway from the optical axis by Ye along the horizontal axis of the imagesensor);

ndi is the refractive index of the i-th freeform surface lens withrespect to d line;

Yv is the distance from the optical axis to the long side of the imagesensor;

Yh is the distance from the optical axis to the short side of the imagesensor; andYe=√((Yv ² +Yh ²)/2).

Condition (1) and Condition (2) are to be satisfied for defining thematerial and the shape of a given freeform surface lens.

Condition (1) defines the material and the shape of a given freeformsurface lens according to: an optical path length in the freeformsurface lens travelled by a principal ray which forms an image at aposition away from the center of image sensor 102 by Yv along thehorizontal axis; an optical path length in the freeform surface lenstravelled by a principal ray which forms an image at a position awayfrom the center of image sensor 102 by Yv along the vertical axis; andan optical path length in the freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray which forms an image along the optical axis. Thedenominator is the difference between the optical path length in thefreeform surface lens travelled by a ray reaching the horizontal axisand the optical path length in the freeform surface lens travelled by aray reaching the vertical axis. The sign for the optical path lengthbefore the diaphragm is negative, whereas the sign for the optical pathlength after the diaphragm is positive. There is no difference inoptical path length when there is no freeform surface lens before andafter the diaphragm. Below the lower limit of Condition (1), the imagein the horizontal direction becomes large relative to the image sensorin the horizontal direction, or the image in the vertical directionbecomes small relative to the image sensor in the vertical direction.Conversely, above the upper limit of Condition (1), the image in thehorizontal direction becomes small relative to the image sensor in thehorizontal direction, or the image in the vertical direction becomeslarge relative to the image sensor in the vertical direction. That is tosay, by satisfying Condition (1), it is possible to make the size ofeach of the image in the horizontal direction and the image in thevertical direction substantially comparable to the size of the imagesensor. In other words, an image of the subject can be efficientlyformed in the effective region of the rectangular image sensor.

It should be noted that further satisfying at least one of Condition(1a) and Condition (1b) below makes it possible to yield the abovedescribed advantageous effect to a greater extent.5<A/(B−C)   (1a)A/(B−C)<100   (1b)″

Condition (2) defines the material and the shape of a given freeformsurface lens according to: an optical path length in the freeformsurface lens travelled by a principal ray which forms an image at aposition away from the center of image sensor 102 by Yh along thediagonal axis; an optical path length in the freeform surface lenstravelled by a principal ray which forms an image at a position awayfrom the center of image sensor 102 by Ye along the horizontal axis; andan optical path length in the freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray which forms an image along the optical axis. Thedenominator is the difference between the optical path length in thefreeform surface lens travelled by a ray reaching the diagonal axis andthe optical path length in the freeform surface lens travelled by a rayreaching the horizontal axis. The sign for the optical path lengthbefore the diaphragm is negative, whereas the sign for the optical pathlength after the diaphragm is positive. There is no difference inoptical path length when there is no freeform surface lens before andafter the diaphragm.

Below the lower limit of Condition (2), the image in the diagonaldirection becomes large relative to the image sensor in the diagonaldirection, or the image in the horizontal direction becomes smallrelative to the image sensor in the horizontal direction. Conversely,above the upper limit, the image in the diagonal direction becomes smallrelative to the image sensor in the diagonal direction, or the image inthe horizontal direction becomes large relative to the image sensor inthe horizontal direction. That is to say, by satisfying Condition (2),it is possible to make the size of each of the image in the diagonaldirection and the image in the horizontal direction substantiallycomparable to the size of the image sensor. In other words, an image ofthe subject can be efficiently formed in the effective region of therectangular image sensor.

It should be noted that further satisfying at least one of Condition(2a) and Condition (2b) below makes it possible to yield the abovedescribed advantageous effect to a greater extent.10<A/(D−E)   (2a)A/(D−E)<1000   (2b)

For example, like the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4,the lens system having the basic configuration preferably satisfiesCondition (3) below.1<A/(F−G)<10000   (3)where:

F is a value represented by [Math. 6];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhhi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 6} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

G is a value represented by [Math. 7];

$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhhi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 7} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

and

Lhhi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by aprincipal ray forming an image at a position away from the optical axisby Yh along the horizontal axis of the image sensor (a distance in thei-th freeform surface lens travelled by a principal ray forming an imageat a position away from the optical axis of the image sensor by Yh on aplane including the horizontal axis and perpendicular to the imagesensor).

Condition (3) is to be satisfied for defining the material and the shapeof a given freeform surface lens.

Condition (3) defines the material and the shape of a freeform surfacelens according to: an optical path length in the freeform surface lenstravelled by a principal ray which forms an image at a position awayfrom the optical axis by Yh along the diagonal axis; an optical pathlength in the freeform surface lens travelled by a principal ray whichforms an image at a position away from the optical axis by Yh along thehorizontal axis of image sensor 102; and an optical path length in thefreeform surface lens travelled by a principal ray which forms an imagealong the optical axis. The denominator is the difference between theoptical path length in the freeform surface lens travelled by a rayreaching the diagonal axis and the optical path length in the freeformsurface lens travelled by a ray reaching the horizontal axis. The signfor the optical path length before the diaphragm is negative, whereasthe sign for the optical path length after the diaphragm is positive.There is no difference in optical path length when there is no freeformsurface lens before and after the diaphragm. Below the lower limit ofCondition (3), the image in the diagonal direction becomes largerelative to the image sensor in the diagonal direction, or the image inthe horizontal direction becomes small relative to the image sensor inthe horizontal direction. Conversely, above the upper limit of Condition(3), the image in the diagonal direction becomes small relative to theimage sensor in the diagonal direction, or the image in the horizontaldirection becomes large relative to the image sensor in the horizontaldirection. That is to say, by satisfying Condition (3), it is possibleto make the size of each of the image in the diagonal direction and theimage in the horizontal direction substantially comparable to the sizeof the image sensor. In other words, an image of the subject can beefficiently formed in the effective region of the rectangular imagesensor.

It should be noted that further satisfying at least one of Condition(3a) and Condition (3b) below makes it possible to yield the abovedescribed advantageous effect to a greater extent.10<A/(F−G)   (3a)A/(F−G)<500   (3b)

For example, like the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4,the lens system having the basic configuration preferably satisfiesCondition (4) below.0.1<Lsi/Ltt<0.7   (4)where:

Lsi is the distance from the diaphragm to the image sensor; and

Ltt is the distance from a lens surface which is, among the lenssurfaces included in the lens system, located closest to the object tothe image sensor.

Here, the distance refers to a distance along the optical axis.

Condition (4) defines the relationship between the position of thediaphragm and the overall length of the optical system. Below the lowerlimit of Condition (4), the angle of the ray incident on the imagesensor becomes too large, causing shading. Conversely, above the upperlimit, the lens group on the image surface side becomes too large.

It should be noted that further satisfying at least one of Condition(4a) and Condition (4b) below makes it possible to yield the abovedescribed advantageous effect to a greater extent.0.3<Lsi/Ltt   (4a)Lsi/Ltt<0.6   (4b)

Although the lens elements included in the lens systems according to

Embodiments 1 through 4 are all refracting lens elements which deflectincident rays by refraction (that is, a type of lens element whichdeflects rays at the interface between mediums having differentrefractive indices), the present disclosure is not limited to refractinglens elements. For example, such lens elements as follows may beincluded in each lens group: a diffractive lens element which deflectsincident rays by diffraction, a hybrid refractive-diffractive lenselement which deflects incident rays by a combination of a diffractioneffect and a refraction effect, and a gradient index lens element whichdeflects incident rays by refractive index distribution in a medium. Inparticular, with the hybrid refractive-diffractive lens element, adiffraction structure may be formed at the interface between mediumshaving different refractive indices because the diffraction structureallows the diffraction efficiency to be less wavelength-dependent.

Although the lens systems according to Embodiments 1 through 4 have beendescribed as lens systems that form an image on an image sensor which isrectangular with a short side and a long side, the present disclosure isnot limited to this. For example, the image sensor may have asubstantially square shape with the lengths of two sides beingsubstantially equal. In this case, it is only necessary to applyConditions (1) through (3) with one side regarded as the short side andthe other side regarded as the long side.

Embodiment 5

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a camera systemaccording to Embodiment 5. Camera system 100 according to the presentembodiment includes: camera body 101; image sensor 102 which receives anoptical image formed by lens system 201 and converts the optical imageinto an electrical image signal; lens system 201 according to any one ofEmbodiments 1 through 4; and cover glass CG. It should be noted thatFIG. 10 illustrates the case where the lens system according toEmbodiment 1 is used as lens system 201.

Since Embodiment 5 uses lens system 201 according to any one ofEmbodiments 1 through 4, it is possible to implement a camera systemcapable of forming a substantially rectangular image on image sensor 102and generating an image with a greater number of pixels.

The following describes numerical examples in which the lens systemsaccording to Embodiments 1 through 4 have been specifically implemented.It should be noted that in each numerical example, the unit of length is“mm” and the unit of angle of view is “°” throughout the tables.Furthermore, in each numerical example, r refers to curvature radius, drefers to surface spacing, nd refers to refractive index relative to dline, and vd refers to Abbe number relative to d line. Moreover, in eachnumerical example, the surface denoted with * is an anamorphic freeformsurface or a freeform surface defined by an XY polynomial. The amount ofsag z of the anamorphic freeform surface parallel to the Z axis isdefined by [Math 8], and the amount of sag z of the freeform surfacedefined by an XY polynomial and parallel to the Z axis is defined by[Math 9].

$\begin{matrix}{z = \frac{{({CUX})x^{2}} + {({CUY})y^{2}}}{1 + \sqrt{1 - {({CUX})^{2}x^{2}} - {({CUY})^{2}y^{2}}}}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 8} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

where:

CUX is the curvature in the x direction; and

CUY is the curvature in the y direction.

$\begin{matrix}{{z = {\frac{{cr}^{2}}{1 + \sqrt{1 - {( {1 + k} )c^{2}r^{2}}}} + {\sum\limits_{j = 2}^{66}{c_{j}x^{p}y^{q}}}}}{j = {\frac{( {p + q} )^{2} + p + {3q}}{2} + 1}}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 9} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

where:

c is an apex curvature (CUY);

k(c1) is a conic constant; and

c_(j) is a coefficient of an x^(p)y^(q) polynomial.

FIG. 2A is an aberration diagram illustrating spherical aberration in aninfinite focus state of a lens system according to Numerical Example 1.FIG. 2B is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thevertical direction in an infinite focus state of the lens systemaccording to Numerical Example 1. FIG. 2C is an aberration diagramillustrating astigmatism in the horizontal direction in an infinitefocus state of the lens system according to Numerical Example 1. FIG. 2Dis an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in the diagonaldirection in an infinite focus state of the lens system according toNumerical Example 1.

FIG. 4A is an aberration diagram illustrating spherical aberration in aninfinite focus state of a lens system according to Numerical Example 2.FIG. 4B is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thevertical direction in an infinite focus state of the lens systemaccording to Numerical Example 2. FIG. 4C is an aberration diagramillustrating astigmatism in the horizontal direction in an infinitefocus state of the lens system according to Numerical Example 2. FIG. 4Dis an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in the diagonaldirection in an infinite focus state of the lens system according toNumerical Example 2.

FIG. 6A is an aberration diagram illustrating spherical aberration in aninfinite focus state of a lens system according to Numerical Example 3.FIG. 6B is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thevertical direction in an infinite focus state of the lens systemaccording to Numerical Example 3. FIG. 6C is an aberration diagramillustrating astigmatism in the horizontal direction in an infinitefocus state of the lens system according to Numerical Example 3. FIG. 6Dis an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in the diagonaldirection in an infinite focus state of the lens system according toNumerical Example 3.

FIG. 8A is an aberration diagram illustrating spherical aberration in aninfinite focus state of a lens system according to Numerical Example 4.FIG. 8B is an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in thevertical direction in an infinite focus state of the lens systemaccording to Numerical Example 4. FIG. 8C is an aberration diagramillustrating astigmatism in the horizontal direction in an infinitefocus state of the lens system according to Numerical Example 4. FIG. 8Dis an aberration diagram illustrating astigmatism in the diagonaldirection in an infinite focus state of the lens system according toNumerical Example 4.

Here, for the spherical aberration and the astigmatism, sphericalaberration (SA (mm)), astigmatism in the vertical direction (AST-V(mm)), astigmatism in the horizontal direction (AST-H (mm)), andastigmatism in the diagonal direction (AST-D (mm)) are shown. In theaberration diagrams illustrating spherical aberration, the vertical axisrepresents the level of eyesight, the solid line represents thecharacteristics of d line, the short dashed line represents thecharacteristics of C line, and the long dashed line represents thecharacteristics of F line. In the aberration diagrams illustratingastigmatism, the vertical axis represents the angle of view, the solidline represents the characteristics of the YZ plane (shown as y in thefigures), and the dashed line represents the characteristics of the XZplane (shown as x in the figures).

It should be noted that since Embodiments 1 through 4 only use theeven-numbered terms of x and y in the XY polynomial, there is symmetryabout the x axis and the y axis, and thus the astigmatism AST-D in thediagonal direction is the same in any direction.

NUMERICAL EXAMPLE 1

The lens system according to Numerical Example 1 corresponds to the lenssystem according to Embodiment 1 illustrated in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B.Surface data on the lens system according to Numerical Example 1 areshown in Table 1, various data are shown in Table 2, and freeformsurface data on the fifth surface, the seventeenth surface, theeighteenth surface, and the twentieth surface are shown in Table 3,Table 4, Table 5, and Table 6, respectively.

TABLE 1 s Type of surface r d nd vd 1 Spherical surface 37.907 2.3001.85000 24.0 2 Spherical surface 15.576 6.154 3 Spherical surface 52.0601.100 1.72500 54.0 4 Spherical surface 10.914 6.972 5 XY polynomialsurface −34.072 12.000 1.84191 25.4 6 Spherical surface −22.949 11.655 7Flat surface Diaphragm 0.542 8 Spherical surface 21.580 4.749 1.8254138.7 9 Spherical surface −20.934 3.242 10 Spherical surface −9.636 0.8001.84701 24.1 11 Spherical surface 14.033 4.969 1.68585 56.7 12 Sphericalsurface −14.694 0.150 13 Spherical surface −961.724 2.677 1.66157 58.814 Spherical surface −21.012 0.150 15 Spherical surface 22.674 0.8001.85000 24.0 16 Spherical surface 16.000 2.720 17 XY polynomial surface14.609 6.850 1.64559 60.3 18 XY polynomial surface −17.340 1.098 19Spherical surface −13.863 0.800 1.85000 24.0 20 XY polynomial surface−13.129 1.431 21 Flat surface 1.000 1.51680 64.2 22 Flat surface 0.500

TABLE 2 Focal length 4.284 F-number 3.60 Half angle of view 90° Frontlens group focal length −26.872 Rear lens group focal length 14.683Horizontal image height Yh 8.652 Vertical image height Yv 6.489 Diagonalimage height Yd 10.815

TABLE 3 s5 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4 1.39535E−03C5 0.00000E+00 C6 6.87808E−04 C7 0.00000E+00 C8 0.00000E+00 C90.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 −5.22762E−05  C12 0.00000E+00 C13−1.11801E−04  C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −6.21768E−05  C16 0.00000E+00 C170.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C20 0.00000E+00 C210.00000E+00 C22 2.89748E−07 C23 0.00000E+00 C24 3.08295E−06 C250.00000E+00 C26 2.97880E−06 C27 0.00000E+00 C28 1.02157E−07 C290.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C32 0.00000E+00 C330.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C36 0.00000E+00 C37−1.58022E−09  C38 0.00000E+00 C39 −4.01969E−08  C40 0.00000E+00 C41−1.35572E−08  C42 0.00000E+00 C43 −4.02735E−08  C44 0.00000E+00 C45−2.20460E−09  C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C48 0.00000E+00 C490.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C52 0.00000E+00 C530.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56 −7.43875E−14  C570.00000E+00 C58 1.48216E−10 C59 0.00000E+00 C60 1.28173E−11 C610.00000E+00 C62 5.93905E−11 C63 0.00000E+00 C64 7.00388E−11 C650.00000E+00 C66 8.39549E−12

TABLE 4 s17 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4 3.20312E−03C5 0.00000E+00 C6 5.52511E−03 C7 0.00000E+00 C8 0.00000E+00 C90.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 −1.72740E−05  C12 0.00000E+00 C13−1.01942E−06  C14 0.00000E+00 C15 1.19870E−06 C16 0.00000E+00 C170.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C20 0.00000E+00 C210.00000E+00 C22 −2.89823E−07  C23 0.00000E+00 C24 −8.17902E−07  C250.00000E+00 C26 −3.53973E−07  C27 0.00000E+00 C28 1.29778E−08 C290.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C32 0.00000E+00 C330.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C36 0.00000E+00 C370.00000E+00 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 0.00000E+00 C40 0.00000E+00 C410.00000E+00 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 0.00000E+00 C44 0.00000E+00 C450.00000E+00 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C48 0.00000E+00 C490.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C52 0.00000E+00 C530.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56 0.00000E+00 C570.00000E+00 C58 0.00000E+00 C59 0.00000E+00 C60 0.00000E+00 C610.00000E+00 C62 0.00000E+00 C63 0.00000E+00 C64 0.00000E+00 C650.00000E+00 C66 0.00000E+00

TABLE 5 s18 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4−4.84311E−03  C5 0.00000E+00 C6 3.28604E−03 C7 0.00000E+00 C80.00000E+00 C9 0.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 −2.66148E−06  C120.00000E+00 C13 8.22931E−06 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −9.40082E−05  C160.00000E+00 C17 0.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C200.00000E+00 C21 0.00000E+00 C22 5.26235E−07 C23 0.00000E+00 C241.60203E−06 C25 0.00000E+00 C26 2.87258E−06 C27 0.00000E+00 C281.37254E−06 C29 0.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C320.00000E+00 C33 0.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C360.00000E+00 C37 0.00000E+00 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 0.00000E+00 C400.00000E+00 C41 0.00000E+00 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 0.00000E+00 C440.00000E+00 C45 0.00000E+00 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C480.00000E+00 C49 0.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C520.00000E+00 C53 0.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C560.00000E+00 C57 0.00000E+00 C58 0.00000E+00 C59 0.00000E+00 C600.00000E+00 C61 0.00000E+00 C62 0.00000E+00 C63 0.00000E+00 C640.00000E+00 C65 0.00000E+00 C66 0.00000E+00

TABLE 6 s20 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4 4.71454E−02C5 0.00000E+00 C6 4.23639E−02 C7 0.00000E+00 C8 0.00000E+00 C90.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 −2.40939E−05  C12 0.00000E+00 C139.73394E−05 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −2.63520E−04  C16 0.00000E+00 C170.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C20 0.00000E+00 C210.00000E+00 C22 8.39667E−07 C23 0.00000E+00 C24 1.75718E−06 C250.00000E+00 C26 2.10466E−05 C27 0.00000E+00 C28 −1.18372E−06  C290.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C32 0.00000E+00 C330.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C36 0.00000E+00 C37−1.02319E−08  C38 0.00000E+00 C39 4.60151E−08 C40 0.00000E+00 C414.27963E−07 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 −5.08139E−07  C44 0.00000E+00 C451.70185E−08 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C48 0.00000E+00 C490.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C52 0.00000E+00 C530.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56 −2.43730E−11  C570.00000E+00 C58 −1.17159E−09  C59 0.00000E+00 C60 −1.05547E−09  C610.00000E+00 C62 −4.09766E−09  C63 0.00000E+00 C64 2.65419E−09 C650.00000E+00 C66 −1.19566E−11 

NUMERICAL EXAMPLE 2

The lens system according to Numerical Example 2 corresponds to the lenssystem according to Embodiment 2 illustrated in FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B.Surface data on the lens system according to Numerical Example 2 areshown in Table 7, various data are shown in Table 8, and freeformsurface data on the fifth surface, the eighth surface, the nineteenthsurface, and the twentieth surface are shown in Table 9, Table 10, Table11, and Table 12, respectively.

TABLE 7 s Type of surface r d nd vd 1 Spherical surface 39.743 2.3001.83518 37.9 2 Spherical surface 14.530 6.179 3 Spherical surface 65.8011.100 1.72500 54.0 4 Spherical surface 10.625 6.819 5 XY polynomialsurface −20.666 12.000 1.68134 41.9 6 Spherical surface −19.515 12.336 7Flat surface Diaphragm 0.500 8 XY polynomial surface 68.740 1.1841.77739 44.3 9 Spherical surface −21.805 2.625 10 Spherical surface−12.865 0.800 1.72500 54.0 11 Spherical surface 8.592 4.325 1.50089 59.812 Spherical surface −23.150 0.150 13 Spherical surface 27.706 5.1681.53840 66.9 14 Spherical surface −9.671 0.150 15 Spherical surface−11.459 0.800 1.84996 24.1 16 Spherical surface 20.399 0.840 17Spherical surface 53.417 4.187 1.61976 63.0 18 Spherical surface −11.5200.150 19 XY polynomial surface 15.914 6.907 1.74075 50.5 20 XYpolynomial surface −11.308 5.319 21 Flat surface 1.000 1.51680 64.2 22Flat surface 1.000

TABLE 8 Focal length 1.892 F-number 3.60 Half angle of view 90° Frontlens group focal length −17.015 Rear lens group focal length 8.476Horizontal image height Yh 8.652 Vertical image height Yv 6.489 Diagonalimage height Yd 10.815

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TABLE 11 s19 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4−6.79037E−03  C5 0.00000E+00 C6 8.45244E−03 C7 0.00000E+00 C80.00000E+00 C9 0.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 3.45044E−06 C120.00000E+00 C13 1.97528E−04 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −3.38603E−05  C160.00000E+00 C17 0.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C200.00000E+00 C21 0.00000E+00 C22 3.77071E−07 C23 0.00000E+00 C244.27062E−06 C25 0.00000E+00 C26 2.20075E−06 C27 0.00000E+00 C28−6.16069E−07  C29 0.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C320.00000E+00 C33 0.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C360.00000E+00 C37 −3.47413E−09  C38 0.00000E+00 C39 −5.44191E−08  C400.00000E+00 C41 −7.26313E−08  C42 0.00000E+00 C43 7.53630E−08 C440.00000E+00 C45 −4.18877E−09  C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C480.00000E+00 C49 0.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C520.00000E+00 C53 0.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C560.00000E+00 C57 0.00000E+00 C58 3.55566E−10 C59 0.00000E+00 C604.57517E−10 C61 0.00000E+00 C62 −9.12121E−11  C63 0.00000E+00 C640.00000E+00 C65 0.00000E+00 C66 0.00000E+00

TABLE 12 s20 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4 4.16639E−02C5 0.00000E+00 C6 7.15474E−02 C7 0.00000E+00 C8 0.00000E+00 C90.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 2.58097E−04 C12 0.00000E+00 C131.17738E−03 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −1.25485E−04 C16 0.00000E+00 C170.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C20 0.00000E+00 C210.00000E+00 C22 1.93010E−06 C23 0.00000E+00 C24 1.31712E−05 C250.00000E+00 C26 1.13855E−05 C27 0.00000E+00 C28 −4.71216E−06 C290.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C32 0.00000E+00 C330.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C36 0.00000E+00 C37−1.51610E−08 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 −1.33670E−08 C40 0.00000E+00 C41−2.18584E−08 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 3.52717E−07 C44 0.00000E+00 C454.46250E−08 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C48 0.00000E+00 C490.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C52 0.00000E+00 C530.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56 0.00000E+00 C570.00000E+00 C58 0.00000E+00 C59 0.00000E+00 C60 0.00000E+00 C610.00000E+00 C62 0.00000E+00 C63 0.00000E+00 C64 0.00000E+00 C650.00000E+00 C66 0.00000E+00

NUMERICAL EXAMPLE 3

The lens system according to Numerical Example 3 corresponds to the lenssystem according to Embodiment 3 illustrated in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B.Surface data on the lens system according to Numerical Example 3 areshown in Table 13, various data are shown in Table 14, and freeformsurface data on the fifth surface, the nineteenth surface, and thetwentieth surface are shown in Table 15, Table 16, and Table 17,respectively.

TABLE 13 s Type of surface r d nd νd 1 Spherical surface 43.473 2.3001.80127 41.3 2 Spherical surface 13.707 6.445 3 Spherical surface135.801 1.100 1.62000 63.0 4 Spherical surface 10.292 5.000 5 XYpolynomial surface −11.261 12.000 1.56943 65.2 6 Spherical surface−28.446 14.024 7 Flat surface Diaphragm 0.500 8 Spherical surface 12.7641.307 1.74120 27.5 9 Spherical surface −34.230 3.692 10 Sphericalsurface −12.373 0.800 1.83562 27.6 11 Spherical surface 9.283 4.1081.62410 62.5 12 Spherical surface −14.842 0.150 13 Spherical surface13.629 3.300 1.57831 64.8 14 Spherical surface −29.310 0.647 15Spherical surface −26.467 0.800 1.85000 24.0 16 Spherical surface 15.7773.000 17 Spherical surface 11.113 1.750 1.59428 38.1 18 Sphericalsurface 11.871 1.104 19 XY polynomial surface 11.783 7.598 1.72497 54.020 XY polynomial surface −11.030 2.376 21 Flat surface 2.000 1.5168064.2 22 Flat surface 1.000

TABLE 14 Focal length 2.707 F-number 3.60 Half angle of view 90° Frontlens group focal length −7.511 Rear lens group focal length 20.993Horizontal image height Yh 9.673 Vertical image height Yv 4.837 Diagonalimage height Yd 10.815

TABLE 15 s5 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4 2.55287E−02C5 0.00000E+00 C6 2.00087E−02 C7 0.00000E+00 C8 0.00000E+00 C90.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 2.17266E−04 C12 0.00000E+00 C136.65171E−04 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 6.02073E−05 C16 0.00000E+00 C170.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C20 0.00000E+00 C210.00000E+00 C22 −8.56430E−07 C23 0.00000E+00 C24 −5.36751E−06 C250.00000E+00 C26 −1.27011E−05 C27 0.00000E+00 C28 −1.73128E−06 C290.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C32 0.00000E+00 C330.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C36 0.00000E+00 C376.24952E−09 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 4.02629E−08 C40 0.00000E+00 C412.36062E−07 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 2.57284E−07 C44 0.00000E+00 C451.74079E−08 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C48 0.00000E+00 C490.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C52 0.00000E+00 C530.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56 4.01370E−11 C570.00000E+00 C58 1.14336E−10 C59 0.00000E+00 C60 2.76824E−10 C610.00000E+00 C62 −5.21768E−09 C63 0.00000E+00 C64 −3.58208E−09 C650.00000E+00 C66 −2.92313E−11

TABLE 16 s19 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4−1.13349E−02 C5 0.00000E+00 C6 −6.11651E−04 C7 0.00000E+00 C80.00000E+00 C9 0.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 −2.57230E−05 C120.00000E+001 C13 3.12939E−04 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −5.44493E−05 C160.00000E+00 C17 0.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C200.00000E+00 C21 0.00000E+00 C22 3.01759E−07 C23 0.00000E+00 C24−6.48819E−07 C25 0.00000E+00 C26 −9.33772E−06 C27 0.00000E+00 C28−6.53990E−06 C29 0.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C320.00000E+00 C33 0.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C360.00000E+00 C37 −2.23286E−08 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 −9.30232E−09 C400.00000E+00 C41 −2.00479E−07 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 1.49605E−07 C440.00000E+00 C45 9.43157E−08 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C480.00000E+00 C49 0.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C520.00000E+00 C53 0.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56−2.44691E−11 C57 0.00000E+00 C58 −2.95354E−10 C59 0.00000E+00 C60−6.36479E−09 C61 0.00000E+00 C62 1.89019E−08 C63 0.00000E+00 C64−1.28923E−08 C65 0.00000E+00 C66 −2.08727E−09

TABLE 17 s20 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4 1.50182E−03C5 0.00000E+00 C6 2.36933E−02 C7 0.00000E+00 C8 0.00000E+00 C90.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 9.59499E−04 C12 0.00000E+00 C132.98163E−03 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 3.38829E−04 C16 0.00000E+00 C170.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C20 0.00000E+00 C210.00000E+00 C22 −4.32922E−06 C23 0.00000E+00 C24 3.04337E−06 C250.00000E+00 C26 −1.78085E−05 C27 0.00000E+00 C28 −1.50889E−05 C290.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C32 0.00000E+00 C330.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C36 0.00000E+00 C374.76835E−08 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 6.89424E−08 C40 0.00000E+00 C41−8.51338E−07 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 −1.12981E−06 C44 0.00000E+00 C451.71276E−07 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C48 0.00000E+00 C490.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C52 0.00000E+00 C530.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56 −4.08048E−10 C570.00000E+00 C58 −6.80238E−10 C59 0.00000E+00 C60 −1.12218E−08 C610.00000E+00 C62 6.44663E−08 C63 0.00000E+00 C64 1.07072E−08 C650.00000E+00 C66 −7.59494E−10

NUMERICAL EXAMPLE 4

The lens system according to Numerical Example 4 corresponds to the lenssystem according to Embodiment 4 illustrated in FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B.Surface data on the lens system according to Numerical Example 4 areshown in Table 18, various data are shown in Table 19, freeform surfacedata on the eighth surface, the ninth surface, the nineteenth surface,and the twentieth surface are shown in Table 20, Table 21, Table 22, andTable 23, respectively, and anamorphic surface data on the seventeenthsurface and the eighteenth surface are shown in Table 24 and Table 25,respectively.

TABLE 18 s Type of surface r d nd νd 1 Spherical surface 27.842 6.5981.84511 36.6 2 Spherical surface 5.902 2.651 3 Spherical surface 30.8980.810 1.84503 36.8 4 Spherical surface 4.409 5.457 5 Spherical surface−15.947 12.000 1.84501 36.9 6 Spherical surface 136.496 4.939 7 Flatsurface Diaphragm 0.500 8 XY polynomial surface 22.458 2.016 1.8452835.9 9 XY polynomial surface 9.189 4.495 10 Spherical surface 6.4830.800 1.85000 24.0 11 Spherical surface 4.006 4.226 1.48209 70.8 12Spherical surface −5.416 0.150 13 Spherical surface −5.077 0.800 1.8499524.0 14 Spherical surface 6.298 0.182 15 Spherical surface 7.735 3.8081.61867 63.0 16 Spherical surface −5.939 0.150 17 Anamorphic 11.3111.653 1.69536 44.0 18 Anamorphic −9.979 0.150 19 XY polynomial surface3.319 1.296 1.84500 37.0 20 XY polynomial surface −3.017 0.738 21 Flatsurface 1.000 1.51680 64.2 22 Flat surface 0.503

TABLE 19 Focal length 0.091 F-number 2.72 Half angle of view 90° Frontlens group focal length −2.095 Rear lens group focal length 1.157Horizontal image height Yh 2.371 Vertical image height Yv 1.838 Diagonalimage height Yd 3.000

TABLE 20 s8 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4 7.76549E−03C5 0.00000E+00 C6 4.90048E−03 C7 0.00000E+00 C8 0.00000E+00 C90.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 3.73948E−05 C12 0.00000E+00 C137.46029E−04 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −4.79948E−04 C16 0.00000E+00 C170.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C20 0.00000E+00 C210.00000E+00 C22 8.60665E−06 C23 0.00000E+00 C24 5.90831E−05 C250.00000E+00 C26 4.63870E−05 C27 0.00000E+00 C28 6.90894E−06 C290.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C32 0.00000E+00 C330.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C36 0.00000E+00 C370.00000E+00 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 9.80774E−07 C40 0.00000E+00 C412.39618E−07 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 −3.10476E−06 C44 0.00000E+00 C45−3.42719E−06 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C48 0.00000E+00 C490.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C52 0.00000E+00 C530.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56 0.00000E+00 C570.00000E+00 C58 0.00000E+00 C59 0.00000E+00 C60 0.00000E+00 C610.00000E+00 C62 0.00000E+00 C63 0.00000E+00 C64 0.00000E+00 C650.00000E+00 C66 0.00000E+00

TABLE 21 s9 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4 −8.90433E−02C5 0.00000E+00 C6 −8.88034E−02 C7 0.00000E+00 C8 0.00000E+00 C90.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 7.10894E−06 C12 0.00000E+00 C136.79306E−04 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −5.40495E−04 C16 0.00000E+00 C170.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C20 0.00000E+00 C210.00000E+00 C22 9.47704E−06 C23 0.00000E+00 C24 6.17054E−05 C250.00000E+00 C26 4.45996E−05 C27 0.00000E+00 C28 1.15611E−05 C290.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C32 0.00000E+00 C330.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C36 0.00000E+00 C37−1.10699E−07 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 6.85515E−07 C40 0.00000E+00 C41−4.41010E−07 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 −4.00868E−06 C44 0.00000E+00 C45−4.18443E−06 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C48 0.00000E+00 C490.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C52 0.00000E+00 C530.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56 0.00000E+00 C570.00000E+00 C58 0.00000E+00 C59 0.00000E+00 C60 0.00000E+00 C610.00000E+00 C62 0.00000E+00 C63 0.00000E+00 C64 1.38411E−08 C650.00000E+00 C66 7.47187E−08

TABLE 22 s19 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4−1.20397E−01 C5 0.00000E+00 C6 −6.54939E−02 C7 0.00000E+00 C80.00000E+00 C9 0.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 −1.99786E−03 C120.00000E+00 C13 1.92007E−03 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −1.53329E−02 C160.00000E+00 C17 0.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C200.00000E+00 C21 0.00000E+00 C22 4.03535E−04 C23 0.00000E+00 C242.66743E−03 C25 0.00000E+00 C26 4.39314E−03 C27 0.00000E+00 C28−1.81620E−04 C29 0.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C320.00000E+00 C33 0.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C360.00000E+00 C37 −9.33639E−05 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 −6.12069E−04 C400.00000E+00 C41 −2.29976E−03 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 −9.11127E−04 C440.00000E+00 C45 7.78753E−07 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C480.00000E+00 C49 0.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C520.00000E+00 C53 0.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56−1.66635E−10 C57 0.00000E+00 C58 3.72801E−06 C59 0.00000E+00 C601.47466E−04 C61 0.00000E+00 C62 1.72567E−04 C63 0.00000E+00 C647.33597E−06 C65 0.00000E+00 C66 −6.34301E−08

TABLE 23 s20 C1 0.00000E+00 C2 0.00000E+00 C3 0.00000E+00 C4 1.92365E−01C5 0.00000E+00 C6 3.57284E−01 C7 0.00000E+00 C8 0.00000E+00 C90.00000E+00 C10 0.00000E+00 C11 1.26449E−02 C12 0.00000E+00 C134.63274E−02 C14 0.00000E+00 C15 −2.12380E−02 C16 0.00000E+00 C170.00000E+00 C18 0.00000E+00 C19 0.00000E+00 C20 0.00000E+00 C210.00000E+00 C22 2.05620E−03 C23 0.00000E+00 C24 1.44061E−02 C250.00000E+00 C26 2.03341E−02 C27 0.00000E+00 C28 −6.39369E−04 C290.00000E+00 C30 0.00000E+00 C31 0.00000E+00 C32 0.00000E+00 C330.00000E+00 C34 0.00000E+00 C35 0.00000E+00 C36 0.00000E+00 C371.13956E−08 C38 0.00000E+00 C39 5.30869E−08 C40 0.00000E+00 C411.14459E−07 C42 0.00000E+00 C43 −3.64398E−03 C44 0.00000E+00 C452.32482E−04 C46 0.00000E+00 C47 0.00000E+00 C48 0.00000E+00 C490.00000E+00 C50 0.00000E+00 C51 0.00000E+00 C52 0.00000E+00 C530.00000E+00 C54 0.00000E+00 C55 0.00000E+00 C56 0.00000E+00 C570.00000E+00 C58 0.00000E+00 C59 0.00000E+00 C60 0.00000E+00 C610.00000E+00 C62 0.00000E+00 C63 0.00000E+00 C64 0.00000E+00 C650.00000E+00 C66 0.00000E+00

TABLE 24 s17 CUX −39.218 CUY 11.311

TABLE 25 s18 CUX −6.854 CUY −9.979

Table 26 below shows values corresponding to Conditions (1) through (4)for the lens systems according to the respective numerical examples.

(Values Corresponding to Conditions)

TABLE 26 Numerical Numerical Numerical Numerical example 1 example 2example 3 example 4 Condition (1) 11.7 26.8 13.0 27.9 Condition (2) 23.7583.6 22.2 86.5 Condition (3) 49.0 188.2 16.3 90.7 Condition (4) 0.4470.463 0.455 0.409

The lens system according to the present disclosure is applicable to,for example, a digital still camera, a digital camcorder, a camera in amobile phone, a camera in a personal digital assistance (PDA), amonitoring camera in a monitoring system, a webcam, and an onboardcamera, and is suitable especially as an image capturing optical systemsuch as a digital still camera system and a digital camcorder system ofwhich high quality is required.

The lens system according to the present disclosure is included in,among interchangeable lens devices according to the present disclosure,a digital camcorder system.

What is claimed is:
 1. A lens system which includes a lens groupincluding at least one lens element and forms an image on an imagesensor which is rectangular with a first side and a second side greaterthan or equal to the first side in length, the lens system comprising:in order from an object side to an image surface side, a front lensgroup; a diaphragm; and a rear lens group, wherein at least one of thefront lens group and the rear lens group includes a freeform surfacelens asymmetric about an optical axis, and the lens system satisfiesCondition (1) and Condition (2) below when an axis passing through theoptical axis and parallel to the first side is a vertical axis, an axispassing through the optical axis and parallel to the second side is ahorizontal axis, and an axis passing through the optical axis andparallel to a line diagonally joining opposite corners of the imagesensor is a diagonal axis,1<A/(B−C)<10000   (1)1<A/(D−E)<10000   (2) where: A is a value represented by [Math. 1];$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n}( {{ndi} \cdot {Lcci}} )} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 1} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ B is a value represented by [Math. 2]; $\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhvi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lvvi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 2} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ C is a value represented by [Math. 3]; $\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhvi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lvvi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 3} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ D is a value represented by [Math. 4]; $\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhei}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 4} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ E is a value represented by [Math. 5]; $\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhei}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 5} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ i is a number, indicating a position, of a freeformsurface lens when freeform surface lenses are counted in order from theobject side to the image surface side; m is a number of freeform surfacelenses located between an object and the diaphragm; n is a total numberof freeform surface lenses; Lcci is a distance in an i-th freeformsurface lens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at a centerof the image sensor; Lhvi is a distance in the i-th freeform surfacelens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at a position awayfrom the optical axis by Yv along the horizontal axis of the imagesensor; Lvvi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelledby a principal ray forming an image at a position away from the opticalaxis by Yv along the vertical axis of the image sensor; Ldhi is adistance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by a principal rayforming an image at a position away from the optical axis by Yh alongthe diagonal axis of the image sensor; Lhei is a distance in the i-thfreeform surface lens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at aposition away from the optical axis by Ye along the horizontal axis ofthe image sensor; ndi is a refractive index of the i-th freeform surfacelens with respect to d line; Yv is a distance from the optical axis tothe second side of the image sensor; Yh is a distance from the opticalaxis to the first side of the image sensor; andYe=√((Yv ² +Yh ²)/2).
 2. The lens system according to claim 1, whereinthe lens system satisfies Condition (3) below1<A/(F−G)<10000   (3) where: F is a value represented by [Math. 6];$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhhi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 6} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ G is a value represented by [Math. 7]; $\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhhi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 7} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ and Lhhi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lenstravelled by a principal ray forming an image at a position away fromthe optical axis by Yh along the horizontal axis of the image sensor. 3.The lens system according to claim 1, comprising at least two lenselements which are axially symmetric about the optical axis.
 4. The lenssystem according to claim 1, wherein each of the front lens group andthe rear lens group includes at least one freeform surface lens.
 5. Thelens system according to claim 1, wherein the freeform surface lens hasa shape symmetric about the horizontal axis and the vertical axis. 6.The lens system according to claim 1, wherein the front lens groupincludes a freeform surface lens, and a principal curvature of thefreeform surface lens included in the front lens group has negativepower.
 7. The lens system according to claim 1, wherein the rear lensgroup includes a freeform surface lens, and a principal curvature of thefreeform surface lens included in the rear lens group has positivepower.
 8. The lens system according to claim 1, wherein the front lensgroup includes, in order from the object side to the image surface side,a meniscus-shaped first lens element having negative power and having aconvex shape on the object side, and a meniscus-shaped second lenselement having negative power and having a convex shape on the objectside.
 9. The lens system according to claim 1, wherein the lens systemsatisfies Condition (4) below0.1<Lsi/Ltt<0.7   (4) where: Lsi is a distance from the diaphragm to animage surface; and Ltt is a distance from a lens surface located closestto the object to the image surface.
 10. The lens system according toclaim 1, wherein both surfaces of a freeform surface lens locatedclosest to an image surface and having a principal curvature withpositive power are freeform surfaces.
 11. The lens system according toclaim 1, wherein the lens system is a fisheye lens system.
 12. A camerasystem comprising: a lens system which includes a lens group includingat least one lens element; and an image sensor which is rectangular witha first side and a second side greater than or equal to the first sidein length, wherein the lens system includes: in order from an objectside to an image surface side, a front lens group; a diaphragm; and arear lens group, at least one of the front lens group and the rear lensgroup includes a freeform surface lens asymmetric about an optical axis,and the lens system satisfies Condition (1) and Condition (2) below whenan axis passing through the optical axis and parallel to the first sideis a vertical axis, an axis passing through the optical axis andparallel to the second side is a horizontal axis, and an axis passingthrough the optical axis and parallel to a line diagonally joiningopposite corners of the image sensor is a diagonal axis,1<A/(B−C)<10000   (1)1<A/(D−E)<10000   (2) where: A is a value represented by [Math. 1];$\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n}( {{ndi} \cdot {Lcci}} )} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 1} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ B is a value represented by [Math. 2]; $\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhvi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lvvi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 2} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ C is a value represented by [Math. 3]; $\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhvi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lvvi}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 3} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ D is a value represented by [Math. 4]; $\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = {m + 1}}^{n}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhei}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 4} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ E is a value represented by [Math. 5]; $\begin{matrix}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m}\{ {( {{ndi} \cdot {Ldhi}} ) - ( {{ndi} \cdot {Lhei}} )} \}} & \lbrack {{Math}.\; 5} \rbrack\end{matrix}$ i is a number, indicating a position, of a freeformsurface lens when freeform surface lenses are counted in order from theobject side to the image surface side; m is a number of freeform surfacelenses located between an object and the diaphragm; n is a total numberof freeform surface lenses; Lcci is a distance in an i-th freeformsurface lens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at a centerof the image sensor; Lhvi is a distance in the i-th freeform surfacelens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at a position awayfrom the optical axis by Yv along the horizontal axis of the imagesensor; Lvvi is a distance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelledby a principal ray forming an image at a position away from the opticalaxis by Yv along the vertical axis of the image sensor; Ldhi is adistance in the i-th freeform surface lens travelled by a principal rayforming an image at a position away from the optical axis by Yh alongthe diagonal axis of the image sensor; Lhei is a distance in the i-thfreeform surface lens travelled by a principal ray forming an image at aposition away from the optical axis by Ye along the horizontal axis ofthe image sensor; ndi is a refractive index of the i-th freeform surfacelens with respect to d line; Yv is a distance from the optical axis tothe second side of the image sensor; Yh is a distance from the opticalaxis to the first side of the image sensor; andYe=√((Yv ² +Yh ²)/2).